Everyone seems to like to use stainless steel hose and fancy fittings with their vented catch can setups, is this more the bling factor or can you get away with using rubber hose and brass fittings? I'm not building a race car or a show car, I just want something that works and I can drive everyday. Any help is appreciated.

 

many people use rubber hose and brass fittings. its not under much pressure if any so that is fine.

 

im going to say that an additionaly reason for the AN fittings and all is because Brass needs to be brazed onto metal not welded.

 

Can't you use the threaded type of fittings? I wouldn't even care about the AN fittings as long as I could still use the rubber hose. Do they make AN fittings with an end on them for hoses?

 

They have hose which can be used instead of braided, but the cost is in the fittings not really the hose. Going with rubber versus braided might save you 25 bucks tops. The fittings on the other hand....

 

I didn't know fittings were that much. It just seems to me you should be able to put together a vented valve cover/catch can setup for well under the $250 places charge for "kits".

 

Yes you can run the threaded brass barbed fittings. Just drill and tap. I used that on my old catch can and I used the nylon braided clear hose you can find at home depot. It worked but the hose does get all gross looking after a while. Its probably $25 tops for the barbed fittings and hose.

 

Good deal. I'm all about function over form... I would probably go with black hose though instead of clear just to avoid the extra ugliness.

 

Watch where you use the rubber/vinyl hoses though. I had a problem on my 1st catch can setup where the vacuum would suck the hose flat once the heat under the hood had made it really soft. My solution to the problem was to find some light gauge springs from Home Depot, and stretch them out to about 2 feet long, and then thread them inside the vinyl hose to keep them from collapsing.

You can sort of see what I'm talking about in this picture:

 

jegs socketless hose. it is about half that of aeromotive socketless, and is marked gates anyway. i wouldnt use it for fuel but works well for breathers.

 

i found some pvc hose from home depot to work with me -12 an fittings.

they also sell an fittings that have barbs for reg hose/hose clamps.

although id never do it ive seen people jbweld the brass fittings on their valve cover.

jaker's setup looks badass!

 

does this really help that much?